Bryon is a sixteen year old boy, who likes to play pool. He looks like a baby-faced kid, with dark brown hair and eyes and he is big and husky. Mark is also sixteen very skiny, he is very good at stealing. Mark has gold hair and gold eyes, tense body. Bryon's mom, took in Mark after his parents died. Bryon and Mark are the tow main characters in this story.
2. Who are the two young people Bryon meets at the hospital?
Bryon first meets a girl, that he at first doesn't recognize. Then he figures out that she is Cathy, M&M"s older sister. Bryon then goes up to his mom's floor, ang goes in the room across the hall, and meets Mike Chambers, he had gotten beat up badly.
3. What kind of relationship does Bryon have with Charlie?
Bryon and Charlie are very good friends. They are good friends because Bryon is sixteen and Charlie allows Bryon to be in the bar. Another reason they are good friends is becasue Charlie trusted Bryon with car to take Cathy on a date.
4. What happens at the dance?
At the dance Bryon and Cathy are having good time dancing, then they hear a noise. So they don't bother going to see what it was. Then Curtis comes in and says Mark got hurt. Mark was bleeding on one side of his face. So Bryon took him to the hospital, Mark had to have ten stitches in his head.
5. What does Bryon begin to discover in his private conversations with Mark?
Bryon begins to discover that Mark never really had a real family becasue his mom and dad died during a car accident. Mark doesn't see Bryon and his mom as a real family to him.
6. What happened to Charlie? How do Bryon and Mark feel about it?
Charlie had been shot after Bryon and Mark were hustling with two tough guys from Texas. Bryon and Mark felt very sad because they were always at the bar.
7. What do Mark and Cathy think of each other?
Mark and Cathy don't like each other beacuse they both want to hang out with Bryon alone.
8. What does Mark do to Angel? Why?
Mark cuts Angels hair while she is passed out. He did it because she set up Curtis.
9. In chapter seven, what does Bryon begin to discover about his good friend Mark?
Bryon discovers that Mark feels that he and Mark are drawing apart and Mark does not like it.
10. What happens to Bryon at Terry Jones' house? How does his attitude change?
Bryon gets beaten because Angel told her brother about her hair. So Angel's brother beat up Bryon. His attitude changes by Bryon doesn't want Mark to go fight the Shepards.
11. In chapter nine, what happens to M&M? Why does this move Bryon?
Cathy and Bryon found M&M, when they found him he was very sick. This moves Bryon because he wants M&M to become better again.
12. What shocking discovery does Bryon make in Mark's bedroom (chapter 10)? What does he do?
Bryon finds a thing of pills under Mark's mattress. Bryon called the cops on Mark.
13. How does Bryon's relationship with his friends and his attitude toward life completely change?
Bryon is making all the right descisions by sending his best friend pratically brother to jail for selling drugs. He knows not to do what he used to do in the past.
14. How does Bryon feel at the end of the book?
At the end of the book, Bryon wants to become a kid again.
15.What do you think about this book and what life message does it teach?
I think this book was a very good book. The book made me want to just continue reading. The life message from this book was don't do drugs, don't fight, don't steal becasue in the end it will not turn out the way you wanted it to be, and to always stick with your insticnt.
Miranda G.
That Was Then, This Is Now
By: S.E. Hinton
1. Who are Bryon and Mark?
Bryon is a sixteen year old boy, who likes to play pool. He looks like a baby-faced kid, with dark brown hair and eyes and he is big and husky. Mark is also sixteen very skiny, he is very good at stealing. Mark has gold hair and gold eyes, tense body. Bryon's mom, took in Mark after his parents died. Bryon and Mark are the tow main characters in this story.
2. Who are the two young people Bryon meets at the hospital?
Bryon first meets a girl, that he at first doesn't recognize. Then he figures out that she is Cathy, M&M"s older sister. Bryon then goes up to his mom's floor, ang goes in the room across the hall, and meets Mike Chambers, he had gotten beat up badly.
3. What kind of relationship does Bryon have with Charlie?
Bryon and Charlie are very good friends. They are good friends because Bryon is sixteen and Charlie allows Bryon to be in the bar. Another reason they are good friends is becasue Charlie trusted Bryon with car to take Cathy on a date.
4. What happens at the dance?
At the dance Bryon and Cathy are having good time dancing, then they hear a noise. So they don't bother going to see what it was. Then Curtis comes in and says Mark got hurt. Mark was bleeding on one side of his face. So Bryon took him to the hospital, Mark had to have ten stitches in his head.
5. What does Bryon begin to discover in his private conversations with Mark?
Bryon begins to discover that Mark never really had a real family becasue his mom and dad died during a car accident. Mark doesn't see Bryon and his mom as a real family to him.
6. What happened to Charlie? How do Bryon and Mark feel about it?
Charlie had been shot after Bryon and Mark were hustling with two tough guys from Texas. Bryon and Mark felt very sad because they were always at the bar.
7. What do Mark and Cathy think of each other?
Mark and Cathy don't like each other beacuse they both want to hang out with Bryon alone.
8. What does Mark do to Angel? Why?
Mark cuts Angels hair while she is passed out. He did it because she set up Curtis.
9. In chapter seven, what does Bryon begin to discover about his good friend Mark?
Bryon discovers that Mark feels that he and Mark are drawing apart and Mark does not like it.
10. What happens to Bryon at Terry Jones' house? How does his attitude change?
Bryon gets beaten because Angel told her brother about her hair. So Angel's brother beat up Bryon. His attitude changes by Bryon doesn't want Mark to go fight the Shepards.
11. In chapter nine, what happens to M&M? Why does this move Bryon?
Cathy and Bryon found M&M, when they found him he was very sick. This moves Bryon because he wants M&M to become better again.
12. What shocking discovery does Bryon make in Mark's bedroom (chapter 10)? What does he do?
Bryon finds a thing of pills under Mark's mattress. Bryon called the cops on Mark.
13. How does Bryon's relationship with his friends and his attitude toward life completely change?
Bryon is making all the right descisions by sending his best friend pratically brother to jail for selling drugs. He knows not to do what he used to do in the past.
14. How does Bryon feel at the end of the book?
At the end of the book, Bryon wants to become a kid again.
15.What do you think about this book and what life message does it teach?
I think this book was a very good book. The book made me want to just continue reading. The life message from this book was don't do drugs, don't fight, don't steal becasue in the end it will not turn out the way you wanted it to be, and to always stick with your insticnt.